Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Spittin' Tired



Ok, so day one is over.

Things I learned today: bras with under-wire are evil, and I should've brought a lunch.

I can already feel an ulcer coming on. I'm trying to remain calm, though, and I'm actually doing pretty well so far! I only cried once today and it was just because I was watching the last five minutes of Ghost.

There was one moment today when I wasn't completely filled with dread...and I actually felt slightly cool (a very strange and new feeling for me!). We were all getting a tour of the facilities where we'll be having class and doing labs; we were being led around by a TA, and she had a clip-board and was yelling over the crowd things like, "There are the vending machines!" and "There's the study rooms...you'll pretty much live in there!" We were all wearing our lab coats and looking bewildered. It was just like Grey's Anatomy (Season 1).

Ahhh, if only my life could be more like a TV show or movie (in which my boyfriend dies and then comes back as an apparition to save me from his evil best-friend's murderous heart and scandalous money laundering plot) and less like my actual life (which now only involves reading medical texts, driving, and worrying).

Monday, January 4, 2010

And so it begins



Tomorrow is the first day of my Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN program.

50 students.
A two-hour long commute.
Ridiculously difficult-to-decode directions on what to wear,
what to buy,
where to go,
what time to be there.

These are some of the things with which I am currently dealing.

I am filled with dread. And hope.

Part of me wants to curl up and die. Another part of me knows I'm going to kick nursing school's ass! Another part of me just wants to eat ham and drink water.

This year I'll be keeping you posted on my nursing school misadventures, and also on my continued efforts to shed the pounds and pounds of unsightly fat that currently adorn my body.

Wish me luck!